The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

Royal Commentaries. BooK IV. ved of him, as he did of others, that he was a perfon noble and fincere. Licencia- rlo Cepeda the J udge, of whom we have been too filent, accompanie~ Pi¡arro in all this expedition, and was prefent at the Battel, and fought more l1ke a Souldier than a Lawyer. Whilíl: the[e matters were in agitation, Pifarro held his Court at !2..f!.itu, from whence he di[patched ali Orders and J?ecrees whic~ h~ had made for Che quiet and peaceable Government of the Emp1re; for havmg defolved the Court of Judicature, he aéted fingly, and by his own authority: Judge Cepeda was with him, Licenciado Alvare:{, was dead ~ Docl:our Texada was gone into Spain, in quality of Ambaífa.dour, Carate was the onely Judge remaining at Lo¡ ReyeJ, bue he was infirm, and fickly, and unable to aét any thing in the matters of Juíl:ice: wherefore Gonyalo Pifar ro, being the fole Adminiíl:ratour of the Laws, took upon him co acquit himfelf in the difpenfation of Juílice, for the quiet and peace of the Land, to the benefit of JndianJ and SpaniardJ , and propagation of the Chrifü- an Faith. As Francifco Lope:{, de Gomara affirms in the 133th Chapter of his Hiílo- ry, the Title of which is this: o¡ the good Government of .Gon~alo Pi(farro during thc abfencc of Fra ncifco de Car...: vajal; and how afterwardJ, at the Jnftigation of feveral perfom, he would tak.e up- on him the Títle of King. Al! the time that Carvajal was abfent from him Pifarro put no Spaniard to death without the confent and concurrence of his Council, nor then neither without due Proceís of La w and Confeffion of the Parcy. He enaéted, that no man fhould oppreís an Jndian ; which was one of the new Ordinances, nor take his goods from him withour money, upon pein of death. He ordered and appointed that Prieíls and Scholars fhould be entertained in ali inhabited places far co preach and in- füuét the JndianJ, at the charge of men who had Eftates in the re[pefüve Di- firi&, and ordered the payment thereof upon penalty of forfeimre of their E- ftates. He was very carefull and induílrious co gather in the King's fifths, accor- ding (as he faid) to the example of bis Brorher Frqncifco Pifarro. He ordained, that Tirhes fhould be or one out of Ten: and that now, fince Blafco Nunnez, was fubdued and ílain in the War, he commanded, that every one fhould induíl:ri- ouíly apply himfelf co the fervice of che King, that fo his Majeíly might gratiouí- ly be pleafed to repeal the late Statutes, confirm co chem cbeir Eílaces, and grant thern pardon for what was paíl:. Thus ali people praifed hls prudence, and remained comented and facisfied under his Government; fo that Gafca himfelf, after he had rnade experience, and feen che good and wholfome Laws which he eílablifhed, gave chis charaéter of bim, chat, for a Tyranr, he governed very well. The which happy Governmenc, ( as we have faid befare) continued untill fuch time as that che Fleet was refigned co the command of Gafca. Thus far Gomara. And as to whac he farther adds in that Chapter, we fhall leave untill a more proper place; and in rhe mean time treat of [everal remarkable paífa.ges and fa- mous exploits which paíled; and leaving Gonfalo Pipmo in f/..!!_itu, we fhall make a cranfüion of about [even hundred Leagues, co fina out Francifco de Carvajal and Diego Centeno, whom we left difputing their Matcers, and doing all che hurt and damage they could co each ocher, as will farrher appear in che following Chap- cer. CHAP.